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CALCIUS [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Elements and Compounds
  • Funeral Services
CONT

[After the cremation,] the residues are collected ... These residues include calcius, that is to say the products of combustion of the body, which have not had time to be reduced to ashes and are thus in the form of pieces.

OBS

[A grinding apparatus reduces the calcius residues to a powder.] The ground calcius are thus collected substantially in their entirety in the box [or urn,] which may be given to the family.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éléments et composés chimiques
  • Pompes funèbres
CONT

À l'issue de la crémation, il reste des calcius qui sont transformés en cendres. Les calcius(résidus des 25 % de calcium du corps humain) sont refroidis puis pulvérisés en une fine poudre.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services
  • Types of Constructed Works
DEF

... a building for the cremation of the deceased.

CONT

[A] crematory ... may include a chapel, a viewing chamber, facilities where families can hold traditional funerals ...

OBS

crematorium: The plural forms are "crematoriums" and "crematoria."

Key term(s)
  • crematoria

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres
  • Types de constructions
DEF

Bâtiment où l’on incinère les morts.

CONT

Le crématorium se divise en une partie publique(accueil et attente des familles, salle de cérémonie et de remise de l'urne funéraire, salle de présentation visuelle de l'introduction du cercueil dans le four de crémation) et une partie technique réservée aux professionnels(four, pulvérisateur de calcius, salle d’introduction du cercueil, local de dépôt provisoire des urnes).

OBS

crématorium; crematorium : Les formes au pluriel sont «crématoriums» et «crematoriums».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Pompas fúnebres
  • Tipos de construcciones
DEF

Lugar donde se queman los cadáveres.

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